We enthusiastically invest our time and experience to actively contribute to key industry events. This keeps us in the forefront of this dynamic industry and strengthens our professional relationships. Our Principal Advisor, Kim Gerhardt, is an active contributor to key events where the industry comes together to discuss and debate trends and new developments.
The following represents a select list of events that we have been a part of:
- Fintech Meetup: “Getting ready for agentic lending: Trust, authority, and go-to-market”, Las Vegas, March 2027
- Lend360: “‘How Your Competitors Are Using Data To Win Repeat Borrowers“, Austin, September 2026
- SpringLabs AI-Native Conference: “Main Street Meets the Machine: Agentic AI in Small Business Lending”, Salt Lake City, September 2026
- SBFE Annual Member Meeting: “Strength in Numbers? Small Lenders Navigating Participation and Value in the Small Business Credit Risk Management Ecosystem”, Nashville, April 2026
- Fintech Meetup: “How can Credit Unions win the innovation race?”, Las Vegas, March 2026
- SpringLabs AI-Native Conference: “Redefining the consumer credit infrastructure with real-time data and agentic AI”, Salt Lake City, September 2025
- Lend360: “Unique SMB Lending Solutions for Unique Market Challenges”, Dallas, September 2025
- Finovate: “Power Panel: Embedded Lending Is On The Rise”, New York City, September 2025
- Fintech South: “Why ‘Embedded’ is Fintech’s Next Big Thing”, Atlanta, August 2025
- Fintech Meetup: “Using API-Driven Fintech to Revolutionize Lending and Credit”, Las Vegas, March 2025
- Fintech Retreat, “Interactive Panel: Payments”, San Francisco, February 2025
- FinovateFall, “Capturing The Value Of GenAI In Banking – Getting Beyond The Hype To Explore Where It Can Fit & The Challenges Ahead”, New York City, September 2024
- FinovateSpring, “Power Panel: Open Banking”, San Francisco, May 2024
- Fintech MeetUp, “How Fintech is Set to Disrupt Business Lending”, Las Vegas, March 2024
- Opal Marketplace: Innovations in Lending, Alternative Financing, Fintech & Private Credit Summit, Moderator, “Financial Inclusion – Serving the Underserved”, Dana Point, CA, December 2023
- FinovateSpring, “Power Panel: Buy Now Pay Later”, San Francisco, May 2023
- Fintech Nexus, “Inclusive Design to Improve Financial Security and Increase Customer Engagement”, May 2023
- Fintech MeetUp, “Building the Business Bank of the Future”, Las Vegas, March 2023
- Fintech MeetUp, “The Future of B2B Payments: From APIs to RTP”, Las Vegas, March 2023
- Opal Marketplace: Innovations in Lending, Alternative Financing, Fintech & Private Credit Summit, “Partnerships with Banks, FinTechs, and Platforms”, Dana Point, CA, December 2022
- Money 20/20, Media Partner: 10/2024, 10/2023, 10/2022, 10/2021
- TET FinTech Gala: Event Partner, 10/2022
- Fintech Nexus Weekly News Roundup: Guest host
- LendIt, Moderator “Reconciling Responsible BNPL With the Need for Access”, 05/26/2022
- LendIt Industry Awards, Judge:
- 05/2023
- 02/2022
- 09/2020
- 04/2019
- Opal Marketplace, “The Future of Alternative Lending”, Dana Point, CA, December 2019
- Ai Cobrand: GDPR
- LendIt, “Bankers View of Installment Lending: The Power of Experience and Customer Relationships”, San Francisco, CA, April 2019
- Money 20/20, “Ask Me Anything about Online Lending“, Las Vegas, NV, October 2018
- LendIt, “The Technology Edge: How Non-Banks Are Looking to Dominate Point of Sale Lending“, San Francisco, CA, April 2018
- Money 20/20, Emcee of “Payments Track”, Las Vegas, NV, October 2017
- Money 20/20, “Point of Purchase Finance”, Las Vegas, NV, October 2016
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